Biography & Autobiography
Dickens
London: Sinclair Stevenson, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth over marbled boards,, glassine jacket with a few tears and wear at edges. signed by Ackroyd on the limitation. Number 89 of 150 copies. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 048024..... More
Ezra Pound and his world
London: Thames & Hudson, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very slight shelfwear - nice bright copy. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 048017. More
The Life of Thomas More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy signed by Ackroyd on the title. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 048022. More
Hijos De Madrid, Ilustres En Santidad, Dignidades, Armas, Ciencias Y Artes. Diccionario Historico Por El Orden Alfabetico De Sus Nombres, Que Consagra al Illmo. y Nobilisimo Ayuntamiento de la Imperial y Coronada Villa de Madrid
Madrid: Oficina De D. Benito Cano. 1789. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Four volumes in contemporary acid calf, published 1789-1791, second volume has two tears in the leather where it adhered to the front of volume one, gilt spines, corners bumped, small scratches (Volumes III and IV), hinges and bindings..... More
Biografia de hombres celebres nacidos del pueblo con las epocas de su nacimiento y muerte y noticia de las profesiones en que se han distinguido, o concepto a que deben su nombradia
Madrid: Oficina del Establecimiento Central, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary tree calf, spine darkened, corners worn; pencil marks to endpapers, else very clean internally. 3 volumes in 1, each with a separate title. 72pp, 64pp, 77pp Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category..... More
Le général Tom Pouce et les nains célèbres, suivi de Tom Pouce ou le petit garçon pas plus grand que le doigt
Paris: Librairie de L'Enfance et de la Jeunesse, 1850. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Original cloth, early pages heavily foxed, lighter elsewhere; illustrated with plates. Endpapers discolored. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Children. Inventory No: 047138. More
The Thespian Dictionary or Dramatic Biography of the Eighteenth Century; Containing Sketches of the Lives, Productions, etc. of all the Principal Managers, Dramatists, Composers, Commentators, Actors and Actresses of the United Kingdom Interspersed with Several Original Anecdotes; and Forming a Concise History of the English Stage
London: J. Cundee for T. Hurst, 1802. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Later half leather, worn at the edges, hinges rubbed. Scattered foxing but generally quite clean internally. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 042317. More
The Life of Monsieur Des Cartes (Descartes) Containing the History of his Philosophy and Works: As Also, The Most Remarkable Things that Befell him During the Whole Course of his Life
London: R. Simpson, 1693. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). The first English edition of Baillet's lasting biography of Descartes, published in two volumes in Paris in 1691 and abridged the following year. Later half leather, front board detached, old seminary library label to spine and embossed stamp to title, but..... More
La Vie De Frederic, Baron De Trenck, Ecrits Par lui-Meme
Paris: Chez C. Lamort, 1788. Second Edition. Full Calf. Full calf edge worn through to boards at corners but generally well preserved; two volumes bound in one. Rubbing to spine with some loss to leather at tail, but gilt title generally bright. 5 raised bands. Internally fine, fontis engraving of..... More
Yogi: It Ain't Over...
New York: McGraw Hill, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Faint shelfwear; signed on the half title by Berra. Unclipped jacket, first printing. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Biography & Autobiography. Signed by Author. Inventory No: 047803. More
Histoire de Pierre Terrail, dit le Chevalier Bayard, sans peur et sans reproche
Paris: Pierre-Laurent, 1760. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full calf, worn at edges with what appears to be a burn hole on the front board - still tight and intact. Endpaper torn, foxing to early pages, otherwise clean. A biography of the famed early Renaissance knight "without fear and beyond..... More
I Am Alive and You are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick
New York: Metropolitan Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Shelf wear. This is the first USA edition. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0805054642. ISBN/EAN: 9780805054644. Inventory No: 300011. More
Etienne Dolet, le martyr de la Renaissance, sa vie et sa mort.
Paris: Librairie Fischbacher, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 1/4 blue leather over marbled boards, old library marks to endpapers and half title, small mark from label removal on spine, original wraps bound in. Slight age toning, otherwise clean. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category..... More
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian and Patentee of the Theatre Royal. Written by Himself
London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Hald contemporary leather over marbled boards. Worn at corners, hinges, spine worn, tear to leather and paper at rear corner, inner joint cracked but binding still reasonably sound. Foxing and age toning early on but clean otherwise. With..... More
Between the World and Me
New York: Spiegel $ Grau, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. The uncorrected proof of Coates' National Book Award winning work with the wrap around band intact with the new on sale date. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Essays & Literary Criticism..... More
The Life of Edmund Kean
London: Edward Moxon, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). 2 volumes bound in one, foxed, age toned early one, generally clean otherwise. Binding worn but sound, half calf over watered silk, label chipped, with the bookplate of Archer Ryland on the front endpaper. Size: Octavo (8vo). 2-volume set (complete). Quantity..... More
George Eliot's Life as Related in her Letters and Journals
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). 3 volumes in green pebbled cloth - light shelfwear, spines slightly darkened, otherwise a lovely set. This is the first US edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). 3-volume set (complete). Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight..... More
Vida de D. Joaõ de Castro, Quarto Vice-Rei da India
Lisbon: Antonio Gomes, 1786. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, light wear at edges and hinges. Scattered light foxing, endpapers browned, a few small tears at page edges, one touching some text but with no loss - a clean, bright and fresh copy overall..... More
Fatal Glamour: The Life of Rupert Brooke
Mcgill, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 047850. More
Tratado Sobre a Origem, Enatureza do Testamentos...D. João de Bragança
Lisbon: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary elaborately gilt red morocco, densely tooled with an array of fleur de lis and other fleurons. Light wear and rubbing, mostly at the corners. Minor worming to endpaper, minor stains to title and a few other spots. Lacking..... More
Illustrium virorum vitae
Florence: Laurentii Torrentini, 1549. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Old, dry and worn leather, hinges cracked and inner joint repaired with tape, rear board detached, minor soiling and foxing, esp. to title, generally a nice, clean, wide margined copy. Pagination jumps from 176 to 179; complete. [8], 176, 179-440, [2]..... More
Sainte Jeanne D'Arc (Les Étapes D'Une Gloire Religeuse)
Paris: Henri Laurens Éditeur, 1920. Hardcover (Half Leather). Finely bound in half polished calf over marbled boards. 16 plates. With a matching, but broken, slipcase. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 039896. More
P.C. Hoofts Henrik de Grote. Zyn leven en bedrys den sevenden druck BOUND WITH Rampsaligheden der verheffinge van den huize van Medicis
Amsterdam: Johannes van Ravesteyn, 1662. Later Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, a bit discolored. (10)486, (18), 118, (14)pp. Portraits of Henrik and Cosimo de Medici. 2 works bound in one by the eminent Dutch historian and playwright. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category..... More